encourage
Example Sentences
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Organizers encouraged participants to bring flags and signs that “uplift our people and confront hate with truth.”
From Los Angeles Times
Researchers are encouraged by this because the outward-facing form of MurJ is exposed to the surrounding environment, which could make it more accessible to future drugs than a conformation that faces inward.
From Science Daily
Reese said his parents never encouraged him or his four siblings to get involved with the Hershey Company.
Fans were encouraged to snap them up quickly before they sell out again.
From Los Angeles Times
Paramount’s pressure campaign had been relentless, first winning over theater owners, who expressed alarm over Netflix’s business model that encourages consumers to watch movies in their homes.
From Los Angeles Times
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